HPV-16 L1 genes with inactivated negative RNA elements induce potent immune responses - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2004 Apr 25;322(1):182-9.

doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.02.002.

Lisen Arnheim, Brian Collier, Daniel Oberg, Håkan Hall, Jonas Klingström, Joakim Dillner, Diana V Pastrana, Chris B Buck, Jorma Hinkula, Britta Wahren, Stefan Schwartz

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HPV-16 L1 genes with inactivated negative RNA elements induce potent immune responses

Erik Rollman et al. Virology. 2004.

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Abstract

Introduction of point mutations in the 5' end of the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) L1 gene specifically inactivates negative regulatory RNA processing elements. DNA vaccination of C57Bl/6 mice with the mutated L1 gene resulted in improved immunogenicity for both neutralizing antibodies as well as for broad cellular immune responses. Previous reports on the activation of L1 by codon optimization may be explained by inactivation of the regulatory RNA elements. The modified HPV-16 L1 DNA that induced anti-HPV-16 immunity may be seen as a complementary approach to protein subunit immunization against papillomavirus.

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